Year 10 student Sofia signed for Sunderland AFC U16 Girls Academy

8th December 2025Leanne Johnston
We’re delighted to announce that 15-year-old Sofia has officially signed for the Sunderland AFC U16 Girls Academy.
Sofia has shown outstanding commitment, and a strong competitive mindset throughout her development. Her fast pace, vision on the ball, and willingness to learn has made her stand out, earning her a well-deserved place within the Sunderland pathway. Joining the Academy marks an exciting next step in her football journey. Sofia will continue her development in a high-performance environment, training with top coaches three times a week in addition to day release training with the U21 squad and competing against the strongest players nationally.
We’re incredibly proud of her achievement and can’t wait to see what she brings to the red and white shirt this season. Congratulations, Sofia.

Panto Season

3rd December 2025Leanne Johnston

Year 11 Drama students had a fantastic time at the very first show of the Theatre Royal’s Aladdin. Students were able to enjoy the show and see their learning come to life. For their GCSE students study the traditional British genre of pantomime, watching the show they were able to see the devices used to make it a truely unique form of theatre.

All of the students had a great time and really enjoyed the show.

Musical Advent 2025

1st December 2025Leanne Johnston

Students Helen and her younger brother Arthur are raising money for the sixth year in a row in support of the RNLI.

The are doing a “musical advent calendar” (posting a video of them playing a Christmas song each day).  The duo have already raised in excess of £13000 over the past few years and aim to raise another £2000 this year.

To support Helen and Arthur you can follow and donate, if you can, across a number of channels:

NCC COP30 Meeting

24th November 2025Leanne Johnston
Ten schools from across Northumberland attended the event on Friday 21 November. Each of them made a brief presentation about a particular country from around the world and the climate change issues that the country faced.  Phoebe and Anya from Year 12 gave a very professional speech about the climate issues affecting Nigeria and what was happening to try and address these. Each country then looked at ways that they could support and learn from each other and the financial costs they would incur to secure the future of their people and their country.
We are the delegation representing Nigeria, a country in West Africa.
Nigeria is one of the emerging nations on this planet, and we are the largest African economy. Climate change has an extremely heavy impact on us, as drought and desertification increases in the north, and major flooding worsens in the south. We
also have prolonged heatwaves, with temperatures sometimes exceeding 40 degrees. This is of course having a tremendous impact on us, with our agriculture, livestock and quality of lives heavily affected.
Currently, we are determined to reach Net Zero by 2060, and we aim to be 47% below ‘Business As Usual’ by 2030 (provided we have international support). Following 2030, we are committed to shifting towards renewable energy.
Already we have been extending areas of conservation, and in our megacity Lagos, we have a $40 billion dollar railway expansion, reducing carbon emissions and improving public transport. We are also a part of the African Union's ‘Great Green Wall’, where we combat desertification. To do more for our country, and this planet, financial support from other, wealthy countries is critical in our collective fight against climate change.
Although it may seem like we are behind other countries, we are as determined as we could possibly be. We must focus on opportunity, and our potential to make planet Earth a better place.
Thank you.
Chair of NCC Glen Sanderson gave a speech about all the things already happening in Northumberland to alleviate climate issues eg, recycling, transport etc. All schools also discussed things happening in their own schools and plans going forwards too.

Dear England

20th November 2025Leanne Johnston

Year 13 students visit the Theatre Royal to see Dear England as part of their A Level Theatre and Drama course. The group thoroughly enjoyed their performance.

England Athletics Success

12th November 2025Leanne Johnston

Congratulations on England Athletics Selection

We are incredibly proud to share that Alexandria, one of our talented Year 12 students, who has been selected for the prestigious England Athletics Youth Talent Programme. This fantastic achievement recognises her outstanding commitment, skill and dedication to the sport of Hammer Throw. Being chosen for this national development pathway places Alexandria among the most promising young athletes in the country, and we are excited to see her continue to excel both in training and in competition. Well done Alexandria.

Full Circle Food Project

13th October 2025Leanne Johnston

Our Yesr 10 King’s Trust classes had a great day at the Full circle Food Project as part of their Community Impact module.

The students had a great day and really challenged themselves to try new things and learn new skills.

 

KEVI’s Got Talent

18th July 2025Leanne Johnston

Our Senior Students organised an end of term talent show where our staff entertained students to raise money for MacMillan Nurses.

Showcasing their talents were:

  • Ms Tyley:  ‘Me and Mr Jones’ (Amy Winehouse)
  • Dr Fox: magicican
  • Mrs Anderson: comedic monologue
  • Ms Povey and Ms Ludbrook: ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ (Journey)
Other KEVI colleagues made up the judging panel and attributed scores.
In true KEVI style we raised over £200! A great way to end the term.

Eco Day 2025

11th July 2025Leanne Johnston

Our Year 9 Councillors have been a particularly active group this year, organising charity events and contributing to the school community; embracing their role as advocates and custodians of King Edward’s. With that in mind and supporting the values of Cheviot Learning Trust the Y9 Council, supported by our Senior Students, took part in an activity filled day of citizen science, learning about what we can do locally to improve our environment. This event was supported by NCC, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, and Morpeth Lions, as well as KEVI staff and past students!

Feedback from Mayor, Rachel Hogg was excellent. She really enjoyed being with the students, hearing their views. She was very impressed with their insights into youth provision in the town and is very keen to come back and have future sessions with them to let them have their say on the town. Deputy Mayor, long-time KEVI supporter and alumnus, Wendy thought this was the best event that we’d ever run; high praise indeed.
Our popular and active School Council is run by Sheila Clark, without whom none of these opportunities would be possible. The students really benefit from the experience, enthusiasm and wisdom Sheila brings – thank you.

KEVI takes GOLD… again!

4th July 2025Leanne Johnston

Well done to the PE Department who have, again been recognised for their hard work and dedication. The team have such a passion for Sport and its many benefits, and have continued this year to create so many opportunities and experiences for our students.

Sportsmark Gold Status for 2024-2025 it the fourth year that King Edward’s PE Department have been recognised; not only for the breadth and sheer number opportunities but the truley inclusive nature of PE at KEVI and the amount of students who participate in enriching and extra curricular Sport.

The team are aiming for Platimum in 2026 when even more students can get involved with our improved facilities. Congratulations to all of the staff and students that contributed to this achievment – you really make us proud!